laundry and Dresden

[juldea]

I finished Proven Guilty last night while doing laundry. I got it from jmspencer the night before at D&D. Yes, I like the books. ;)

(In unrelated news, but some people on my friends list might find it shocking, I threw away two pairs of underwear yesterday. Yes, voluntarily. I don't know what came over me.)

Proven Guilty ended in a way that screamed "second of the trilogy" to me. It just had very much an Empire-Strikes-Two-Towers-of-the-Black-Pearl vibe to me, what with Harry and Ebenezer going, "Well, shit. This is big."

The last scene with Molly... I guess I'll just go ahead and say, "omg." Perhaps it resonated with me due to my confused hero-desire/worship-ing at that same age (coughMathiscough), but I was right there with her. Heartstrings, man, heartstrings. The ice water move was fantastic, however. :)

There are little drops of information I am suspicious about, but I just may be paranoid. When Harry calls the traitor(s) the "Black Council," Ebenezer seems a little too affected by that (asking Harry, "Why did you choose that name?") There was something else earlier that bothered me similarly, but I don't remember it right now.

I shall now use my weekend at Relaxicon to devour White Night, wherein I have been informed I will find out what Thomas is up to (my guess: phone sex operator), learn more about Mouse, and afterwards will cry because there are no more books available for another while yet. Pooh.

Comments

re: "Spoilers ahead"

[etherial.livejournal.com]

When I saw your cut-text, I assumed it was because your underwear had spoiled.

Re: "Spoilers ahead"

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Ew. ;)

Re: "Spoilers ahead"

[mr-teem.livejournal.com]

How about somewhat salacious details about why those two pair were no longer wearable?

Re: "Spoilers ahead"

[juldea.livejournal.com]

They had gotten so threadbare as to be holey.

The information presented was really for the amusement of my college friends. Back in the day, I was quite the undergarment fashionista. I wore matching sets most of the time and sacrificed comfort for style... which was amusing, as such things weren't really viewed by many except myself.

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's so much "middle of a trilogy" as it is "I am now confident that I can keep doing this series for at least several more books". _White Night_ concludes a non-zero number of plot threads, but not nearly all of them.

[eustacia42.livejournal.com]

haha, i actually cut all the elastic off my old undies (after washing them the last time, of course) and use the single remaining trapezoids of cotton (the "butt-panels," i suppose?) as rags for uses such as cleaning or polishing silver, then i throw them away. i do the same thing with ratty old shirts that even Goodwill wouldn't want. i suppose it's my little attempt at being environmentally conscious? LOL

Re: "Spoilers ahead"

[eustacia42.livejournal.com]

That DOES, however, bring up an interesting question in my mind: What happens to "edible" underwear when it's... uh... past its "sell-by" date? Does it mold? Turn stale or brittle? Or is it like Twinkies, which like NEVER decompose?

Any thoughts from anyone else?

[juldea.livejournal.com]

No. *grr*

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[juldea.livejournal.com]

I was going to point out the ambiguity in the statement... ;)